16 U.S.C. § 490
Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of disposing of debris
Purchasers of national-forest timber may be required by the Secretary of Agriculture to deposit the estimated cost to the United States of disposing of brush and other debris resulting from their cutting operations, such deposits to be covered into the Treasury and constitute a special fund, which is appropriated and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That any deposits in excess of the amount expended for disposals shall be transferred to miscellaneous receipts, forest-reserve fund, to be credited to the receipts of the year in which such transfer is made.
Notes of Decisions
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case, 1972–1972 · leading case: Alabama v. United States, 198 Ct. Cl. 683 (Ct. Cl. 1972).
Alabama v. United States, 198 Ct. Cl. 683 (Ct. Cl. 1972). “] The legislative history of 16 U.S.C. § 490 leaves little doubt that the deposits to be made for the purpose of brush disposal were merely a substitute for the purchaser’s performing this work himself and constituted a “special fund”; moreover, any ■amounts which were so…”
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